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Virus disguises itself as MSN Messenger beta 27/12/05
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<blockquote data-quote="gameboy" data-source="post: 152242" data-attributes="member: 177511"><p>A virus masquerading as a new beta version of Microsoft's MSN Messenger has begun circulating.</p><p></p><p>The virus, which F-Secure calls Virkel.F, comes as a file called BETA8WEBINSTALL.EXE that can be downloaded from a Web site. Running the program installs not a new MSN Messenger beta, but rather a virus that sends download links to a computer user's MSN Messenger buddies. The virus falsely labels the link as "MSN Messenger 8 Working BETA."</p><p></p><p>"It also connects your machine to a botnet server," F-Secure warned, meaning that a person's computer can be controlled remotely to attack other machines or send spam.</p><p></p><p>And Microsoft's instant-messenger infrastructure is the most popular conduit for attack, IMlogic said in an October study.</p><p></p><p>Source: CNet</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gameboy, post: 152242, member: 177511"] A virus masquerading as a new beta version of Microsoft's MSN Messenger has begun circulating. The virus, which F-Secure calls Virkel.F, comes as a file called BETA8WEBINSTALL.EXE that can be downloaded from a Web site. Running the program installs not a new MSN Messenger beta, but rather a virus that sends download links to a computer user's MSN Messenger buddies. The virus falsely labels the link as "MSN Messenger 8 Working BETA." "It also connects your machine to a botnet server," F-Secure warned, meaning that a person's computer can be controlled remotely to attack other machines or send spam. And Microsoft's instant-messenger infrastructure is the most popular conduit for attack, IMlogic said in an October study. Source: CNet [/QUOTE]
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